Sidney Geist (1914-2005), sculptor, writer and critic was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He was an apprentice to Paul Feine
in Woodstock between 1931-1937, studied with William Zorach, Jose de Creeft and Ossip Zadkine in 1945-46. He taught at Brooklyn
College, the University of California at Berkeley, and Southern Illinois University, among other institutions, and his sculpture
was exhibited at galleries the world over.

Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) was one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century and an early pioneer of sculptural
abstraction. The Museum of Modern Art has had a number of exhibitions devoted to Brancusi's sculpture. The first was in 1934,
New Acquisition: Brancusi, Bird in Space [MoMA Exh.# 34i, August 13-September 13, 1934] and the second in 1954,
Sculpture by Constantin Brancusi [MoMA Exh.# 563, July 7-August 15, 1954]. Also
Artist's Choice: Burton on Brancusi [MoMA Exh.# 1514, April 7-July 4, 1989].

The Geist/Brancusi Papers consist of material gathered by Geist in preparation for his first book on Brancusi,
Brancusi: A Study of Sculpture, and include clippings about the sculptor from Romanian, French and English newspapers and magazines; photocopies of correspondence
dating from 1963 - 1968 from museums, private individuals, galleries and scholars, and artists owning works by Brancusi.

Included in the collection are clippings, June 1964-Oct. 1967, by V.G. Paleolog in
Inainte,
Craiova, and
Rumania, in Romanian. [Vol. I] and clippings, 1962-1967, in Romanian. [Vol. II]. Handwritten and typed manuscripts, photocopies of
articles, and actual journals, 1910, 1945, 1958, 1963-1968 in Romanian, French and English. [Vol. III]

Access Restrictions

The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials.

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Sidney Geist/Constantin Brancusi Papers are the physical property of The Museum of Modern Art. Literary rights, including
copyright belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum
business resides with The Museum of Modern Art. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce,
contact the Museum Archivist.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in DADABASE, the library catalog of The Museum of Modern Art. Researchers
desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

The Geist/Brancusi Papers were given to the Museum Library on April 18, 1968 by Sidney Geist. The Papers were transferred
to the Museum Archives on May 4, 1998 and are part of the Twentieth-Century Manuscript Collections.